The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-21

| universal bankruptcy and prostration by wise
tariff and financial legislation, by which homo
industry was marvellously stimulated and de-
veloped. and national currency based upon
gold and silver coin, the safest ard best the
| country has had, was substituted for
baseless and worthless system of Democratic pa
| per money.
j 1t has protected the nation against every evil
which an alliance between a corrupt party or
ganization with the baser elements and danger
forces of society could suggest or threaten
In the light of its past history, and true to its
/ cherished traditions the Republican party must
continue to stand for Protection.
1t must protect an equal ballot and fair cleo
ton, the cornerstone of representative govern
ment. against every species of fraud and criine
and all forms of intimidation and violence no
matter where committed or by whom practiced,
North. South. East and West
1t must protect the equalr rights of all men. re-
membering that equality of rights IS the first
of rights
1t must protect American industry and Amer
lean workingmen against unfair competition
from underpeid foreign labor. and from contract
and servile labor.
1t must protect legitimate business, and the
| people well, from tho Trusts" and Com
bnes" which seek to limit production and con-
troll prices. These un-American comiuatlons
should be prohibited and punished by law.
1t must protect free representative govern
| ment, based upon the intelligence and virtue of
| the people, against the menace of domestic
| ilteracy and the danger of alien vicious and
1t must protect the sanctity of law against
the doctrines and assaults of imported anarchy,
anu the social order against any ana all
| influences that would weaken and destroy its
| foundations.
1t must protect the state and the home against
the evils of the liquor traffic; an the public
school system which provides for the education
of the children of all the people, against open
enemies and secret foes.
The Republicans of Indiana have borne An
honorable part in the achievements of the party.
have a common share with their brethren
throughout the country in the glory OF it's
history. and ready to do their full duty in
meeting the responsibilities of the present and
in fighting the battles of the future. Not
attempting speak in the and by the
authority of the party. this conference OF Repub
licans informally declares:
Frst-That free, honest ballot and fair
count, in all the States of the Union, and an
equal representation of all the people in all the
States and parts of States. is vital question
everywhere. and Indispensable safeguard to
national security.
Second-That the dsfranchisement of any
portion of the people. IN any State or Territory,
because of political opinion, for purely partisan i
reasons. is high crime and misdemeaEor. be
prohibited by law If practicable. and If not. to
be confronted with the Reproduction of just
people at the balotbox.
Third-That the protection of American in
terests, industrial, commercial. social and eco
nomic. is the Imperative duty of the American
Congress and an American administration
Fourth-Reearding the existence OF an idle
surplus in the Treasury as evil we are in ia
vor of the expenditure OF the present surplus,
or OF such portion of it may be required. upon
necessary works of public defense and safety and
such revision of the revenue laws, both internal
ana taclI1, as snail adjust and eQu2llZ0 burden |
and benefit promote the welfare of our
people, and protect our own enterprise and la
bor To secure these results believe it is |
essential that the proposed revision should be |
committed to the hands of the friends ana |
the enemies of the principle of protection, upon
which the present prosperity of the country has |
been so largely built up
Fifth-We believe the just claims OF the SOL
diers of the Union should be considerably treat
ed and generously allowed; and We condemn the |
spirit that iests and sneers at the scars and |
wounds of Union veterans. while it pays honor |
to the memory OF traitors and seeks to reopen |
and perpetuate sectional strife by undue and |
discrmn Eating rewards TO those most prominent |
in rebellion against the government, and by |
ordering the removal of the mblems of that |
strife from tho lawful and peaceabe custody of |
the national authority.
Sixth-We indorse and reaffirm all the declar- |
atoms of the last Republican State platform up |
on the abuses and mismanaeement of the Dem |
ocratic party of Indiana. We denounce the ex- |
listing legislative and congressional gerrymander, |
whereby portion of the people were disfran- |
chised for the purpose of naintainne its supren-
acy, and we call upon the people of tae State
reneat their emphatic verdict against that in
fanny. We arraign the Democratic a6ministra-
ton for gross incompetence in the management |
and conduct of the finances of the State. where
by the public debt has been largely increased |
and the State treasury seriously embarrassed. |
We denounce the continuance of the partisan
management of our benevolent institutions, in |
Wow OF the scandalous revelations of corruption,
scoundrelism ana outrage particularly in the /
Hospital for the Insane. The truth of the |
charges made against tho ring that still main
tains its control has been amply demonstrated |
by the sworn testimony taken during the last |
session OF the Legislature, and confessed by the
action of the Governor of the State in an at
tempted removal of the trustees from posi-
tons they have prostituted to the basest per-
soual and political ends. We renew the declar-
alton for a non-partIsan control of the State
benevolent, penal and reformatory institutions,
and for the extension of the principle of civil
service reform to the public service of the State
wherever applicable.
Seventh-We repeat with emphasis the declar-
alton of the last platform that politics and legis
tation shall be freed from every vestige of the
domination and influence of the liquor power
The traffic in Intoxicating liquors must and |
shall be made obedeut TO law We rsafirn |
the belief that laws should be passed giving to |
local communities the right to control the traf-
fic, and where il exists it should be under
stringent regulations and tax should be placed |
upon it that will relieve the local treasures of
the extraordinary burdens it imposes upon the
people. The DILL passed by the Republican
House of Representatives of the last General |
Assembly a pledge of the good faith of the
party and its representatives, as were other
measures passed by that House in conformity
with the pledges made in the platform.
Eigbth-We denounce the action of the.Dena- |
ocrats in the last General Assembly as revolu-
tonary and criminal The will of the people
expressed II peaceable and 10 Wful election, adj
vised and participated in by the Democratic
party. was set at defiance, and the Constitution
and laws expounded by the Supreme Court
of the State disregarded and nuliifed. Public
and private rights were subverted and destroyed, |
and the Capitol of the State disgraced by vio-
lent acts and brutal methods. The alleged cleo
tion of United States Senator was the result |
simply of fraud and force, OF high-handed usur-
patton of power. the overthrow of constitutional
and legal FORMS the setting aside of the re-
suits of a popular election and the theft Of the
prerogatives of duly elected and qualified mem
bers of the Legislature. we believe receivers of
stolen goods to be entitled to more court
esq" than those who committed the robbery;
and we therefore. respectfully ask the United
States Senate to make due and diligent inquiry
into the facts connected with the pretended
election of member of that body from this
State.
inf dor ola nil re |
cessity for aud promise of reform in the civil
service. the Democracy has shown its n.y.
pocrisy and iucapacity. Investigation into all
departments of the gov eminent has served only
to demonstrate the honesty an efficiency of
every branch under Republican control. while
the experience OF the past two years has shown